Non-dimensional modeling in flow simulation studies of coronary arteries including side-branches: A novel diagnostic tool in coronary artery disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Wellnhofer, Ernst ^a   Osman, Jan ^b   Kertzscher, Ulrich ^b   Affeld, Klaus ^b   Fleck, Eckart ^a   Goubergrits, Leonid ^b  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D vessel reconstruction; Computational fluid dynamics; Non dimensional modeling; Right coronary artery; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79957994362     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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